2 Samuel 14:13:122 Sam.14.13.W12TAB
כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם
keashem
“as guilty”
- Transliteration
- ke-a-SHEM
- Extended
- keh-aa-SHEEM
- IPA
- /kəʔaːˈʃeːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- as guilty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-a-SHEM
- clause
u-mi-da-BER ha-ME-lekh ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ke-a-SHEM le-vil-TI ha-SHIV ha-ME-lekh et-nid-KHO
- sentence
va-TO-mer ha-i-SHA ve-la-MA kha-SHAV-te ka-ZOT al-AM e-lo-HIM u-mi-da-BER ha-ME-lekh ha-da-VAR ha-ZE ke-a-SHEM le-vil-TI ha-SHIV ha-ME-lekh et-nid-KHO
Exegesis
The noun clause hadavar hazeh {הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה | ha-dā-wār ha-zē} ‘this word’ is elaborated by the simile ke’ashem {כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם | kə-’ā-šēm} ‘as guilty’, where the Qal participle expresses equivalence between speech and self-condemnation.
Root and etymology
Root’-sh
“fire”
In context — 2 Samuel 14:13
And the woman said, “So why have you planned such a thing against the people of God ? By speaking this word, the king renders himself guilty, for the king does not bring back his banished one .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 14:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Samuel 14:13, so the Hebrew word כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם (keashem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.14.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.14.13.W12.S1) and character.